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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a portent of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something is a sign or warning of a future event, often of a significant or ominous nature.
Example: "The dark clouds gathering on the horizon were a portent of the storm that was about to hit."
Alternatives: "an omen of" or "a sign of".
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Was this a portent of something awful?
Are the trees a portent of something?
It was a portent of things to come.
The reaction was a portent of things to come.
"It's a portent of the future," Ms. Darling said.
So there's the obligatory prologue with a portent of danger.
Has a pipe ever been a portent of a triumph?
"I think it's a portent of things to come.
The sleeping otter had been a portent of success.
It is, perhaps, a portent of economic recovery or something.
Or, as Strat-O-Matic insisted, it is a portent of events yet to unfold.
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